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Northeast Hit By Another Winter Storm; Bobbi Kristina in Medically Induced Coma; Japan Vows Revenge After Journalist Beheaded by ISIS; CDC Says 102 Cases of Measles in U.S.; Reviewing the Super Bowl Interception

Aired February 02, 2015 - 11:00   ET

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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CO-ANCHOR: Here we go again, folks, another monster storm barreling toward the northeast after leaving the Midwest a mess and it's just getting started. We have our reporters out in it.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN CO-ANCHOR: An epic win for the New England Patriots, an epic defeat for the Seattle Seahawks, and questions of what some are calling an epically bad play call that essentially ended the game, so was this the single-worst Super Bowl decision in the history of ever?

BOULDUAN: Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, clinging to life after she was found facedown in a bathtub full of water, a story sadly similar to her late mother's, we have the very latest on her condition.

BERMAN: The CDC warns a nationwide measles outbreak. Even if you are vaccinated, you might still be at risk. We have the details ahead.

Hello, everyone. I'm John Berman.

BOULDUAN: Hello, everybody, I'm Kate Bolduan. Thanks for joining us today.

Yes, it's Groundhog Day and it feels like Groundhog Day, because they got hit hard once already and now they're getting it again. We're talking about the northeast getting socked with a second round of heavy snow, and so many cities and states still have -- I would say -- too much snow on the ground from last week to even deal with at this point.

Twenty-five million people in ten states are under a winter storm warning right now. It started off in the Midwest overnight. Detroit even broke a daily snow record set back in -- oh, yeah -- 1881. Many schools are closed from Michigan all the way to Massachusetts today.

BERMAN: More than 2,000 flights have been canceled already today, including the husband of Kate Bolduan. A snow emergency has been declared in Boston, which is expecting 10 to 14 inches of snow. That's more snow by the end of today. This is on top of the two-feet plus that is still being cleared out in last week's blizzard.

We have reporters live in the ground or in the snow in Boston, New York and Cleveland, with all of the latest conditions.

BOLDUAN: Let's get straight to them. New York City's biggest issue today will be the ice, up to a quarter inch in some places. Just think of what quarter inch of ice can do. That's exactly what you think it's going to do, treacherous getting anywhere.

Chad Myers is out on Columbus Circle. You've been out there all morning, Chad. You've been talking about how the temperatures have been dipping, which means the ice is really going to set in.

What are you seeing? Where is the storm right now?

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: This was on top of my camera until I picked it off. That's a chunk of ice. That's the freezing rain that's falling. It's raining now and 29 degrees. It's been raining on LaGuardia, Newark, JFK, so all of that starts to go downhill, and after sunset, this is really going to be a treacherous place to walk or drive.

The snow continues north of here. And it has snowed across a lot of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and into Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, for all morning long. We changed over to rain for a while. Now we're raining and it's colder, 29 degrees.

If you're farther out to the west, you are already done with it, but Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, all of the way through South Bend and Chicago, all picked up their fair share for the entire month of February.

Thank you, Punxsutawney Phil, I think.

BERMAN: Thanks for nothing. All right, Chad Myers. Thanks so much.

So in Boston right now, it's snowing one to two inches per hour. That city is expecting a foot more of snow by the end of today. That's on top of the two feet that already fell during last week's blizzard, treacherous conditions on the road.

But you know what? If there's one place that doesn't care about snow today, it's probably anywhere in New England where they are just staying inside, sleeping off the joy of the Super Bowl.

Brian Todd joins us live near Andover, Massachusetts. Fun fact, that's where I went to high school and Bill Belichick went to high school, so it's fitting that you are there today.

Brian, how is Andover coping with all of this snow and ice and awfulness?

BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, John and Kate, they are coping pretty well, but it's pretty tough out here. What we can tell you is that even though there's less snow coming down in this particular round than there was last week -- we had more than two feet in most places in Massachusetts last week -- today maybe 10 to 14 inches.

Even though it's less, there's a lot less visibility out here. Visibility is much worse. Our photo journalist Martin Dougherty is going to switch from my camera to the dash camera looking at the front of this vehicle. We're behind a train of snowplows, about five of them.

We just talked to several of these guys. They're really up against it, because they are working long hours. It's really tough. They have to deal with motorists out there. Some of whom probably shouldn't be out on the roads.

I talked to a state police official who said there's no travel ban, and what worries them now is because there's no travel ban and people know there's less snow in this round, there are going to be more vehicles out on the road.

We've already had reports of spinouts all over the place and people requiring removal from the roads. That makes it tougher for these guys in front of us here to do their jobs when these cars are spun out on the side of the road.

So again, another problem later on is going to be the roads are going to be freezing. They are already starting to freeze, so a lot of these roads are going to be much more slippery later on, John and Kate.

BOLDUAN: All right. Brian Todd in it for us, Brian, thanks so much.

We were talking about how winds were bad with the last storm. It's the ice this time that everybody is talking about.

The Midwest has really experienced the worst of this storm, but, boy, did they get it. This storm dropped 19 inches on Chicago so far, the fifth largest snowstorm in the city's history. And we're talking Chicago here, folks.

Detroit broke a more than 130-year-old snow record, not a record anyone wants to break. School, of course, canceled in those cities, and Ohio's three biggest school districts have canceled classes for the day.

Let's get to Cleveland. And that's where Martin Savidge is. Martin, I've been watching all throughout the morning. It looks just brutal where you are. How's it going?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what they say, Kate. It's not the heat; it's the humidity. Here it's the wind. It's absolutely brutal. The wind is just coming right out of the east, and that means the storm is going away from us. That's the good news.

We're holding up traffic here.

But at the same time, it is blowing and that brings a temperature down to below zero, and that is just proving to be brutal for anybody who is out and about on the streets.

Streets are really tough to get by on. Plows are doing the best they can. The temperature is so cold, drifting snow, ice, salt, not really working too well on its own. That is really a problem. You've already pointed out most of the schools are closed. The airport is open. But flights greatly delayed if they're not canceled, and then on top of that, a lot of businesses told their people, hey, look, come in really late or don't bother coming in at all.

Power lines are down, which is the problem back here, and that's why the police are out on the streets. They have to direct traffic. But standing in this brutal cold, that's truly almost a dangerous occupation at this particular time.

The worst has passed. The cold is going to stay, and that means so is the snow. It's Cleveland. It's winter. They know this is what to expect. But still, it's miserable on a Monday.

I'll send it back to the both of you, John and Kate.

BERMAN: Appreciate the honesty, right?

BOLDUAN: Exactly.

BERMAN. It's miserable where I am.

BOLDUAN: Thanks, Martin.

BERMAN: Still smiling.

BOLDUAN: He always is. Thank you, Martin, so much. Go back in the car if you can.

We're following a lot of news this morning. Here's other headlines we're looking at.

Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized in a medically induced coma today. She's 21 years old. She's of course the 21-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. She was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub full of water on Saturday.

A source tells CNN she's on a ventilator and the status of brain function will not be known until the sedatives are reduced. We will have -- we're going to have a live report from outside of the hospital with the very latest on her condition a little later on this hour.

BERMAN: The prime minister of Japan is vowing revenge after video surfaced showing the apparent beheading of veteran war reporter Kenji Goto. This comes just a week after the terror group is believed to have beheaded another Japanese captive.

Jordan is renewing its offer to release a convicted terrorist in exchange for Jordanian army pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh He was not mentioned in the latest ISIS video. His fate is currently unknown.

BOLDUAN: And the measles outbreak first spotted at Disneyland in southern California has now spread across the United States. The CDC just put out its newest numbers just moments ago, and it says more than 102 confirmed cases now spread between 14 states. Almost all of the new cases, the CDC is telling us, are among people who have not been vaccinated and also are largely linked to the outbreak in Disneyland.

Coming up in about 30 minutes, we're going to have much more on this growing threat to public health. What you need to know, that's going to be coming up later.

BERMAN: All right, coming up for us next, a super stunning end to the Super Bowl, but was it a super bad call? Maybe the worst call in history that led to that play right there. We will talk about the moment that everyone is discussing.

BOLDUAN: Also what everybody is talking about today, the snow making the skies not so friendly if you're traveling. We've got what you need to know about the delays and the cancellations, including my poor, dear husband.

We'll be back.

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BOLDUAN: New England Patriots fans sure have a lot to celebrate this morning, but they are also trying to probably get home from the Super Bowl if they were lucky enough to get to the game. You, unfortunately, were not.

BERMAN: No.

BOLDUAN: No. And if they're trying to get home, they're having trouble doing it. The winter storm sweeping across the northeast so far has caused more than 3,000 cancellations. A figure that will likely grow during the day.

BERMAN: Yeah. Probably by a lot.

CNN's Jean Casarez has been monitoring the situation this morning at New York LaGuardia airport.

Jean, how's it going there?

JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's not doing well, let me tell you. And the numbers too, they are going up continually, 3,165 now, flights that have been canceled around the country.

And of course Chicago O'Hare is the number one airport with cancellations. Number two, Newark. But number three right here at LaGuardia.

Now the passengers are starting to come to the airport. You see them here. But this line right here, it's for customer assistance. That's because even when flights do start taking off, they're full. They already have passengers, and so all the people that were canceled will need to be fit in, hopefully today, most likely tomorrow.

But everybody just wants a seat to get to their destinations, and people that I've been talking to, they're missing business meetings because they were to fly away on this Monday, but they're having to stay right here. BOLDUAN: It's only going to get worse throughout the day, right, Jean?

I mean, we're talking 3,000 cancellations now. It's only going to get more and more throughout the day, is what you're probably anticipating.

CASAREZ: LaGuardia is a very important airport when it comes to national and domestic travel and changing airlines.

I was just talking to an official with American Airlines, and they hope to get the first flight off the ground at 11:30, which is just in a few minutes, but that's very speculative.

But once again, all the other passengers are stranded and they're still here.

BERMAN: Fingers crossed on that 11:30. May be a little overly optimistic at this point given --

BOLDUAN: We'll be here for you, everybody.

BERMAN: -- the weather outside.

Jean Casarez, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

BOLDUAN: So it was the play of Super Bowl XLIX, but was it the worst call of all-time? We're looking at the pass that broke the hearts of Seahawks fans everywhere, next.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): In the shotgun. There's the snap Quick throw. It's intercepted at the goal line! It's intercepted by Malcolm Butler! Malcolm Butler has intercepted Russell Wilson at the goal line! 20 seconds left.

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BERMAN: The sultry sounds of deliverance with that one play. The New England Patriots clinched their fourth Super Bowl in 14 years, winning Super Bowl XLIX.

BOLDUAN: You can feel the tension and the glee of fans after that. The game nearly over. The Seahawks were one yard away from a win and then it happened. Monday morning, quarterbacks are wondering why, with Marshawn Lynch in the backfield, why not just hand him the ball? Instead, they passed. New England intercepted at the goal line, game over. And for Seahawks fans everywhere, the haunting question, again: Why, oh why? Dear god, why?

Let's talk about it with David Haugh, sports columnist for the "Chicago Tribune" and Wade Davis, former NFL player who wore the Seahawks jersey during his career.

BERMAN: Wade, since you are here, I want to start with you. You were tweeting last night during the football game, amongst some other activities. Wade, you put up a blunt tweet after that interception. You said, quote, let me read this, "And now a great game has been ruined by stupidity and ego a.k.a fear. #PatriotsWin." You didn't think it was a good call, did you?

WADE DAVIS, FORMER NFL PALYER: I didn't. I'm not a fan when I call it when coaches get too cute. You know, you got -- It's second down, you got beast mode in the backfield, give him the ball.

BERMAN: Marshawn Lynch is the best running back on planet earth, arguably, right now.

DAVIS: Yes, yes.

BERMAN: Right?

DAVIS: Well, he was definitely the best running back on the field at that moment. Now in defense of Pete, you know, Marshawn was 1 for 5, historically, on goal line carries this season and that comes from Dave (INAUDIBLE), so he knows.

BOLDUAN: David, weigh in on this. To Wade's point, was Pete Carroll being too cute? Did he overthink it or over-strategize? That's what I've heard a lot this morning.

DAVID HAUGH, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Yes. Statistics mean nothing. In that situation, you're three feet from history. You hand the ball off and you celebrate. That's all you need to do. Marshawn Lynch last week said, you know the reason I'm here, at a press conference. Pete Carroll forgot why Marshawn Lynch was there. Hand the football to the most powerful running back in the NFL, let him finish the job. You know, it's like what did you guys used to say? When you drop back the pass, there are three things that can happen. Two of them are bad, that's why you take the gimme.

BERMAN: All right. Let me take the other side of this argument here. As Wade, you said before, you know, Marshawn Lynch was 1 for 5 from the one-yard line this season. There have been 100 passes from the one-yard line this season. None of them have been picked off and I can make a case that Russell Wilson did not throw a good ball and that the receiver did not run a good route right there. Russell Wilson took some of the blame last night. Let's listen to what Russell Wilson said.

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RUSSELL WILSON, SEAHAWKS QUARTERBACK: I put the blame on me. You know, the guy made a play and I don't know what I could have done differently. I would have to see it. We were right there. I put the blame on me because I'm the one that gave him the ball, in a way.

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BOLDUAN: But everybody was taking the blame, it seems after that.

DAVIS: As an undrafted rookie-free agent, I want to give Butler some credit. He made a play for undrafted rookie-free agents who are corner backs, like myself, for everyone. He made a great play, too, so let's give this guy some credit. An a rookie-free agent doesn't make a play like that, unless you are a baller. So I'm praying that the Patriots pay him well.

BERMAN: And unless you are coached. You know, Dave, this gets to how great Bill Belichick is here --

HAUGH: It does.

BERMAN: Malcolm Butler said that Belichick walked him through that play this week. They practiced that play this week. Butler says he didn't defend it well. Belichick got on him so he learned how to get up there fast.

HAUGH: So he makes a play and we're talking about the legacy of Bill Belichick, because that's what happens when the head coach gets paid what he does. It's all about the head coach. So when Pete Carroll makes that decision, I don't care if Russell Wilson takes responsibility, it's all about the head coach. It falls at his shoulders.

DAVIS: It's hard to criticize Pete.

BOLDUAN: Let me put it this way, David, and we say this every time. If they had made the catch, if Lockett had gotten -- if the play had been successful, we would be calling them genius. We would be saying, everyone thought you would be going to Marshawn Lynch and then you went this way. Right?

HAUGH: I think we would be saying they were lucky, they got away with one because that's a low percentage call in a game where you just have to understand what's at stake there. I understand all of the statistics. That's going to be one that sticks with him the rest of his career, no matter what else he accomplishes.

DAVIS: But it's hard to criticize Pete. He's one of three coaches with a Super Bowl and national championship ring. Come on, let's --

BOLDUAN: There are lots of things to criticize Pete Carroll about. We don't need to get into that.

DAVIS: Yes, and let's give Butler a little bit of credit. He made an amazing play.

BERMAN: It was a great play. Anticipated it so well. He got there in a heartbeat. We've been listening to him a lot last night and today, he still seems stunned about the whole thing. You have been in the league. When you make a play like that, your whole life you wait for a moment like that. Is it sometimes hard to take and accept that it happened?

DAVIS: He will probably not understand the enormity of what he did for months, honestly. I won an NFL Europe championship and I played really great. I still don't understand what that means.

BERMAN: Wade Davis -

HAUGH: And Wade can speak to this: The great thing about the NFL is you have guys like Malcolm Butler and Chris Matthews who were undrafted, guys found out on the streets who make an impact in the biggest game of the year.

BOLDUAN: I love that we're talking about Malcolm Butler today.

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BERMAN: I'm talking about Tom Brady.

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BOLDUAN: We are talking about Tom Brady, too. David Haugh, great to see you. Thanks so much, Wade. Thank you.

DAVIS: Thank you for having me.

BOLDUAN: Of course.

BERMAN: After the game last night, if you weren't watching the replays like I was for six straight hours --

BOLDUAN: Wait, stop. Did you sleep?

BERMAN: I slept about an hour. About an hour, which is good.

BOLDUAN: He looks pretty good, right? For not sleeping.

BERMAN: Makeup and hair. Jimmy Fallon did a lip-synch thing featuring Will Ferrel and Kevin Hart. Look at this.

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(BEYONCE - "DRUNK IN LOVE")

(Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Fallon lip-synching.)

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BOLDUAN: I mean, when he does the -- I can't handle it. It's all part of the Super Bowl fun, as you can see, Ferrell supporting Seahawks there. So Ferrell channels Beyonce and then the lip-synch-off continues with Kevin Hart and he serenades Ferrell. Look.

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(MUSIC: JOHN LEGEND - "ALL OF ME")

(WILL FERRELL, KEVIN HART, JIMMY FALLON LIP-SYNCING)

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BOLDUAN: Fallon and actress Drew Barrymore were trying to be just as funny when they performed the song, of course, the song from "Dirty Dancing." Here's the -

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(BILL MEDLEY AND JENNIFER WARNES - "(I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE")

(Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore lip-synching.)

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BOLDUAN: That's the way to pull it off.

BERMAN: I'm concerned he just put Baby in the corner. That's what I'm concerned about more than anything.

BOLDUAN: So that was some of the late-night funnies. A little bit of fun after the fun of the Super Bowl. I just had to look at it again.

BERMAN: It looked different than the Super Bowl to me.

BOLDUAN: Really?

BERMAN: Yeah. It was funny.

BOLDUAN: A little bit better. Maybe not.

BERMAN: 26 minutes after the hour. Snow, snow, and more snow. Serious problems about where to put it. Also, ice, ice, and more ice. Millions facing treacherous conditions. This all on top of the blizzard last week. That's coming up next.

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